Who dies in other accidents?
In the median of the 36 countries that publish causes of death by age, 1.1% of men and 0.86% of women eventually die in other accidents. It is the most likely cause of death in 14 of their 1,152 country, sex and age groups.
The risk by age
Chance of dying in other accidents within 10 years, and its share of all the risk at that age — the median of 36 countries. Your own country's numbers are one click away on its page.
| Age | men | women |
|---|---|---|
| 15–19 | 0.02% (3.6% of the risk) | <0.01% (2.0% of the risk) |
| 20–24 | 0.02% (3.8% of the risk) | <0.01% (2.1% of the risk) |
| 25–29 | 0.03% (3.9% of the risk) | <0.01% (1.5% of the risk) |
| 30–34 | 0.04% (3.4% of the risk) | <0.01% (1.4% of the risk) |
| 35–39 | 0.04% (2.8% of the risk) | 0.01% (1.2% of the risk) |
| 40–44 | 0.05% (2.6% of the risk) | 0.01% (0.96% of the risk) |
| 45–49 | 0.08% (2.0% of the risk) | 0.02% (0.87% of the risk) |
| 50–54 | 0.10% (1.7% of the risk) | 0.03% (0.80% of the risk) |
| 55–59 | 0.13% (1.3% of the risk) | 0.04% (0.72% of the risk) |
| 60–64 | 0.15% (0.97% of the risk) | 0.06% (0.76% of the risk) |
| 65–69 | 0.22% (0.91% of the risk) | 0.10% (0.70% of the risk) |
| 70–74 | 0.28% (0.80% of the risk) | 0.16% (0.72% of the risk) |
| 75–79 | 0.40% (0.72% of the risk) | 0.28% (0.72% of the risk) |
| 80–84 | 0.51% (0.76% of the risk) | 0.46% (0.73% of the risk) |
| 85–89 | 0.65% (0.73% of the risk) | 0.62% (0.73% of the risk) |
| 90–94 | 0.70% (0.73% of the risk) | 0.67% (0.72% of the risk) |
Where it's the most likely cause of death
Lifetime chance, men: highest and lowest countries
Lifetime chance, women: highest and lowest countries
What changes the odds
What you can do
- Fit smoke alarms on every floor, and test them every month.
- If you burn gas, coal or wood at home, fit a carbon monoxide alarm and have boilers, stoves and chimneys checked every year.
- In freezing weather, make sure no one who has been drinking walks home or sleeps outside alone; in heatwaves, check on older relatives and neighbours.
- At work, use the safety gear for heights, machinery and electricity — every time.
What the evidence says
- In home fires, the death rate is about 2 times as high without a working smoke alarm. — NFPA, Smoke Alarms in U.S. Home Fires
Sources: NFPA: Smoke Alarms in U.S. Home Fires. General guidance, not medical advice.
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Questions
- At what age is other accidents most likely to be the cause of death?
- For men, other accidents takes its largest share of deaths at 25–29: 3.9% of the risk of dying in the next 10 years, in the median of the 36 countries that publish causes of death by age.
- Which country has the highest risk of dying in other accidents?
- Of the 36 countries that publish causes of death by age, Türkiye has the highest lifetime chance of dying in other accidents for men (5.2%), and Malta the lowest (0.43%).
Computed by Odainn from official mortality statistics (Eurostat; ONS, NRS and NISRA; CDC; Statistics Canada) for 36 countries, latest years — how we calculate. Belarus is left out: deaths by cause and age aren't published together there, so the split by cause is our estimate. Population statistics, not a prediction for any individual. Educational, not medical advice.